Innovating the raw
materials value chain
Maria Magdalena Holmgren / NordMin, Sisimut / 6th of June 2015
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What is the European Institute of Innovation & Technology,
EIT?
Innovation is the key to growth, competitiveness
and social well-being in the 21st century. The
capacity of a society to innovate is crucial in an ever
more knowledge-intensive economy.
The European Institute of Innovation and
Technology (EIT) aims to enhance Europe’s ability to
innovate, which translates into adapting quickly to
the fast pace of development, being one step ahead
in providing solutions to rapidly emerging societal
problems and developing products that meet the
demands and desires of consumers.
The EIT is a body of the European Union
based in Budapest, Hungary.
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EIT Community
KIC - A Knowledge and
Innovation Community
First wave launched in 2009
Energy
Digital
Climate
Second wave launched in 2014
Health
Raw Materials
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EIT mission
Europe faces a significant
innovation challenge,
despite an excellence
research base, dynamic
companies and creative
talent, good ideas are too
rarely turned into new
products or services.
Europe needs a change of
mind-set towards the
promotion of a more
innovative and
entrepreneurial culture.
The EIT mission is to foster
entrepreneurship and
innovation across Europe.
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Funding Model
No research funding
The EIT Funding model
aims to:
Boost innovation and to
commercialize R&D
results.
Boost intra- and
entrepreneurs through
education and life-long
learning.
Implement the
Knowledge Triangle.
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EIT RawMaterials
• Committed to increased innovation capacity, competiveness and sustainable
growth in Europe.
• Aims to strengthen innovation by introducing new solutions, products and services
for sustainable exploration, extraction, mineral processing, recycling and material
substitution.
• Expected to turn investment into tangible economic and social impact, including
business opportunities, risk taking and entrepreneurial people contributing to
sustainable economic growth. This, in turn, will boost the competitiveness of the
European raw materials sector and generate new, high quality jobs.
• Focuses on commercialization of new products and services on a global market,
business creation and SME growth.
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Challenges are
opportunities
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EIT RawMaterials
Goals
• To create and develop new “game changing” businesses
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Securing raw materials
Designing solutions
Closing material loops
Tosupply
boost the existing raw materials sector through the market
introduction of new materials, investment in new production and
processing units, system integration and the setting up of new
Mission
partnerships
Toachieve
boost thea competitiveness,
attractiveness
of the
• To
“paradigm shift”growth,
in raw and
materials
education
byEuropean
introducing
Raw Materials sector
via radical
and entrepreneurship.
entrepreneurship,
supporting
the innovation
effective transformation
of ideas into
businesses
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Focus Markets
Material intensive
Providing solutions for
the raw materials sector
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Knowledge and Innovation Themes
De-siloing
Value Chain thinking
Exploration and raw materials resource assessment
Mining in challenging environments
Increased resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes
Recycling and materials chain optimisation for End-of-Life products
Substitution of critical and toxic materials in products and for optimised
performance
Design of products and services for the circular economy
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A pan-European Network of Excellence
Six Co-location Centres (CLCs):
• Baltic Sea CLC (in Espoo, Finland)
• Central CLC (in Metz, France)
• Eastern CLC (in Wroclaw, Poland)
• Northern CLC (in Luleå, Sweden)
• Southern CLC (in Rome, Italy)
• Western CLC (in Leuven, Belgium)
KIC Partner categories:
• Core partners
• Associate partners
• Task partners
• Support partners
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EIT RawMaterials Northern CLC
with excellence in Primary resources
Northern CLC with excellence in Primary resources
• Exploration, mining, mineral processing and metallurgy;
• Equipment, tooling and machinery for mining, mineral and metal
producing industry;
• Implementation of ICT-solutions for RM sector (process automation and
optimization);
• Advanced practices related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and
Green Mining.
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Northern CLC Mission (1/2)
Establish an innovation hub of international excellence for Europe within
Primary resources in Luleå including:
• Gateway addressing multidisciplinary perspectives in exploration, mining
and new technologies, coordinating a gateway to Latin America.
• Gateway addressing Arctic resources and mining in the Arctic area, an
important part of the EIP RM SIP.
• Establish a pre-incubator in Primary resources with competences and
resources committed to the mining, mineral and metal producing industry.
• Create a Pan-European network of pre-incubators providing early access to
new technology, entrepreneurial skills and networks.
• Build large scaled pilots through-out the value-chain implementing EIP SIP.
• Support SME willing and able to grow internationally.
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Northern CLC Mission (2/2)
• Establish a European research supplier and broker B2B organisation,
implementing new technology to industry.
• Install a pool of board members for SMEs providing relevant market and
entrepreneurial competence, networks and potential venture capital
increasing sustainability of the company.
• Implement adept/mentor programs boosting knowledge transfer, crossfertilization, integration and innovation.
• Build Venture Capital for start-ups and SMEs with ambition to grow.
• Strengthen access to high skilled human capital within Primary resources
contributing to international MSc.- and PhD. with double (EIT) degree in
close cooperation with industry.
• Strengthen intra-preneurship through life-long learning, mentorship,
entrepreneurial, technical and practical training.
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KIC Added Value
Activities (KAVA)
Matchmaking & Networking
Education & Learning
KAVA 1. InfoCentre
KAVA 2. Matches
KAVA 3. Idea Camp
KAVA 4. Intrapreneurship
Facilitator
KAVA 7. PhD Education
KAVA 8. Master Education
KAVA 9. Lifelong Education
KAVA 10. Wider Society
Learning
Validation & Acceleration
Business Creation
& Support
KAVA 5. Upscaling projects
KAVA 6. Network of
Infrastructure
KAVA 11. Entrepreneurship
Support services
KAVA 12. Start-Up Booster
KAVA 13. SME Growth Booster
KAVA 14. Kick-start Funding
KAVA 15. Funding instruments
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Start-up year 2015
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Impact
Goals for 2022
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OUR VISION
To develop raw materials into a
major stength for Europe
Maria Magdalena Holmgren – Interim Manager, EIT Raw Materials Northern CLC
mariamagdalena.holmgren@eitrawmaterials.eu +46 70 61 61 961
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